Improvement in trace-carriers for harness



(-72.) ifi EDWARD A. COOPER.-

Trace Carriers for Harness. No, 122,364l Patentedlan-.L 1872.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. COOPER, OF LANCASTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRACE-CARRIERS FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,364, dated January 2, 1872.

. SPECIFICATION. l

I, EDWARD A. COOPER, of Lancaster, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Trace-Carriers for Horses Harness, of which the following is a specification Trace-carriers for harness consisting of a hook, tongue, or other projecting device attached to or forming part of that ring or frame to which the back, crupper, and hip-straps connect are well known and more or less in common use. My invention consists in the combination with such ring or frame of an ele- Vated frame provided with openings in such manner that the cock-eyes may be readily and securely engaged between said frames, as hereinafter fully explained. M

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. I is a plan View of my improved trace-carrier. Fig. II is a section on line .t x, Fig. I. Fig. III is a' section on line y y, Fig. I 5 and Fig. IV is a perspective view thereof. v

Like letters designate like parts in each of the iigures.

A represents the ring or main frame of my improved trace-carrier. a a are the portions thereof to which the crupper and back straps, respectively, are attached, and a a the bars to which the hip-straps are secured. B repre sents the elevated frame formed with the main frame A. It is raised above the latter sufficiently to enable a cock-eyeto be introduced between the frames. The frame B is composed of horizontal bars b b connected to the frameAby vertical pieces b b', all arranged so as to form two p openings, c c, corresponding in shape with that of a cock-eye when arranged edgewise to the frame B with the round end toward the` center of the ring A. In order to engage thecock-eyes with the frame B they are placed on edge, or so as to present their least dimension to the frame B, and passed through the openings e c,

when they are turned so as to present their tion represented in Fig. I, the rounded ends of `V the Cooke-yes will be below the corresponding portion of the openings c, so that an accidental disengagement of the cockeyes in this position cannot occur, as a cock-eye can only be disengaged by raising it so as to make it coincide to its full length with the opening c. In Fig. I one cock-eye is represented in the proper position for engaging it with and disengaging it from the carrier, while the other cock-eye is represented en gaged with the carrier. The openin gs c c are preferably arranged converg ing toward the center of `the frame A, to facilitatethe engagement of the cock-eyestherewith. I claim as my invention#- f The combination with the ring or frame A of the eleva-ted frame Band openings c, forming a trace-carrier, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

EDWARD A. COOPER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD WILHELM, i GEORGE J. METZGER. (72) 

